Friday, January 18, 2013

Ban Everything!

Chicago would ban the sale and distribution of high-caffeine energy drinks — not just to minors, but to consumers of all ages — under a surprise crackdown proposed Thursday by the City Council’s most powerful alderman.

Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee, proposed the blanket ban, citing the popularity of drinks such as Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle and 5 Hour Energy among teenagers and young adults and the dangers those drinks can pose to their health.

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His idea is ban every drink except the bottled water so they can get the additional revenue to bring our pension fund up to full funding. His next idea will be to tax any urine that was made from liquid purchased outside the city.

Dammit, SCC, only the aldermen know what's best for us, because we are too feebleminded to make decisions for ourselves!We cannot decide for ourselves if we are consuming too much caffeine, foie gras, or sugary drinks!We cannot determine for ourselves how fast or slow to drive when traveling down deserted boulevards or past school sidewalks teeming with children at dismissal.We are incapable of determining when to shovel our walks, or attach a padlock to our gate, or if we're parked close enough to a curb, or not. (And we must be severely punished and fined if we do not comply.)We are simply infants who require nannies. We MUST be dictated to! We are not allowed vending machine choices not approved by the dear leader, Rahm. We are prohibited from parking our leisure boats in view, on our own property. Our fences may be 'so high', but no higher. Our railings must be chest height, and no lower. Our lives must be ordered and restricted, because we are unable to think for act for ourselves.

I would get the mayor to demand that the city pension funds disinvest their investments from these high caffeine manufacturers. Then I would move on to demand sugary soft drink companies be dis-invested.

Chicago should only invest their pension money into companies that the Mayor is already invested in.

In other news...Sturm Ruger's stock was up another 4.5% today. That's like a 9~10% over 2 days.

I would like to see what actual scientific study he is using as a basis for his suggestion? What exactly is the problem with high energy drinks and how can we expect the problems of the city to magically go away due to the banning of these drinks? why don't we just tax these drinks? It worked so well to stop people from buying water in the city.

Well, for one thing they are sending people to the ER in record numbers. Another thing is that they have been proven to be related to people unexpectedly dying. http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16544695-er-visits-after-energy-drinks-double-since-2007

It won't matter what these idiots ban. We can drive to any suburb or state in less than 30 minutes drive and buy this legal product by the case amd pay less taxes too! While I' m out of the city, I'll buy gas, groceries and even a flat screen tv! Chicago will just lose out on taxes!

1/18/2013, 12:37 AMWelcome to socialism. Where the STATE runs & controls every facet of your life and the bureaucrat rules supreme." Everything within the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State ".Benito Mussolini, Alderman, oops! I ment another Fascist dictator.

Sadly all these ridiculous ideas floated by politicians are forgotten soon after they are floated by these "public servants". I propose that we "GPS" all these ideas so that we can track where they go & to remember them when it's election time.

For the record the blame for SHES lies at the feet of the secular progressives, I'm not to blame for that one......

Citizen Gigi:Wtf? This is what this dumb ass is worried about? Could it be possible that every politician in this city rode the " short buses" way back when? An IQ of under 25 a requirement? This is such good comedy. We need a sitcom written on this city. Truth is funnier and stranger than fiction.

Well, for one thing they are sending people to the ER in record numbers. Another thing is that they have been proven to be related to people unexpectedly dying. http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16544695-er-visits-after-energy-drinks-double-since-2007

1/18/2013 03:02:00 AM

You know what? If you drink 6 energy drinks in a row, you deserve what you get! If you are too damn stupid to realize the possible outcome, you're probably better off dead. Thin the herd!!!

What a complete ass. It's not like these jerkoffs have nothing else to do. Instead of banning energy drinks why don't you figure out how to address the fiscal problems that threaten to destroy the city. Keep up the good work you fucking jagoff

Well, for one thing they are sending people to the ER in record numbers. Another thing is that they have been proven to be related to people unexpectedly dying. http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16544695-er-visits-after-energy-drinks-double-since-2007

1/18/2013 03:02:00 AM

--So what? I can go to starbucks and order a "defibrillator special" a tall with a couple extra shots.

I think its a great idea. Let the city council ban energy drinks, and if someone is observed in the city with an energy drink, we could write them an ANOV. In addition, the council could order companies to affix GPS to all energy drinks, and GMac can create a new task force called EDES (energy drink enforcement squad). Can you imagine the revenue we could generate? Better yet, the press conference table loaded with empty energy drink cans?

I guess the people who vote this spitball in must have descended on his office while he was cleaning his gun and the money he steals on a daily basis , demanded he do something about the energy drink plague. He would never conjur up this stupidity on his own. He is there representing his constituency.

It's stories like this that continue to make chicago the most embarrassing city in the nation. very sad. Is this the purpose of government? People need to start getting upset with politicians over stepping their roles and infringing on our basic freedom of choice.

how doesn't all of chicago see this? our unneccessary aldermen and overpaid aldermen to say the least are making the dumbest proposals. there are far more important matters that need to be discussed before banning energy drinks in chicago. what is the real problem here? is eddie not getting his cutback from this or something? start banning the shitty fast food chains in chicago then. those are by far more dangerous than an energy drink. oh wait, you shouldn't ban those because how else would our illegal immigrants find such convenient and affordable ways to eat. i know a lot of people eat that shit too, but they'll eventually learn it's inexpensive food for a reason. i can assure you the reason the food is so cheap isn't because the companies are concerned with making it affordable for everyone to eat.

Wow I am a 52 year old male and this POS is going to tell me what I can or can't drink. Oh I can't drink a 5 hour energy drink to keep me going but I can go to Starbucks and order a latte with a triple shot of espresso. Or have my Dr give me a prescription for some drug that will keep me going.

If high energy drinks are causing deaths the homicide numbers are all inaccurate, are they not? Death caused by another , therefor I suggest all families to bring on law suits, not only to mfg's but against the city for allowing such sales... I'm just saying

I believe a ban on star bucks double or triple shot lattes would or must be abolished, would they not? Part time alder creatures are elected by the people for the people, since when are they the ultimate voice over the people .

This ban is just the like mayor rahms report that that suv's are the root cause of pot holes , lets raise city sticker prices on suv's... Just push that one through right aldercreatues? On the word of one ego mainiac. If what were after is the good of all of society, whom are all tax payers then Adler Burke forego your city funded security detail and back pay their salaries...

Aldermen need to be cut in half. One of the biggest problems this city and state have are pension funding. This is the type of shit they are talking about? Too much time and $$. Wonder why there is no urgency in figuring out pensions/debt. Because the powers at be are set. They will get paid if even they say there's no $$. Listen how they talk. They have seperated themselves from the public. Quit telling others what is best for them. What's best for usn is to have less interferance in our lives. People are reponsible for their own actions!!

Never even tasted one of these. Whole huge piles in the stores, very expensive, I look at it as something unnecessary that idiots buy. Water with a few cents' worth of additives and $500 million in advertising.

..the same as Coke or other existing soft drinks with caffeine. I very occasionally have one. I do feel the caffeine. Usually just moderate coffee/tea in morning/evening.

These "energy drinks" contain not just caffeine but other herbs and amino acids meant to potentiate the caffeine; the synergy of all these ingredients seems to be unknown and unpredictable.

Kids drink 'way too much of the stuff, they mix it with alcohol, as well as other drugs. Probably another factor in foul-mouthed, aggressive public behavior.

Ban? Don't ask me.

Does this s__t have anything to do with every radio commercial now being made by a tiny, shrill-voiced girl ---like a knife in the ear -- or by some bored twentysomething male, don't have a cow, talkingasfastashepossiblycan?

I'd like to follow Ed Burke around for a day and tell him what to eat and drink. I'll bet he's sorely lacking a well balanced diet and his bmi is too high. I wonder how he did on his wellness evaulation. As a matter of fact, I wonder how all the aldercreatures did. If any of them are in need of dietary changes, I say we ban all animal products as well as any liquids that are not produced in nature. How about it Ed?

It's stories like this that continue to make chicago the most embarrassing city in the nation. very sad. Is this the purpose of government? People need to start getting upset with politicians over stepping their roles and infringing on our basic freedom of choice.

1/18/2013 11:17:00 AM

the citizens in this city, county and state are denied, every election, of true choice in candidates, by the very political cabal to which you refer. this has been true for decades, if not for over a century.

the party primaries are rigged and, in the city, the so-called 'open' primaries are rigged.

period.

the election boards are stacked, the judiciary is bought and paid for, up to the state supremely full of shit court, and this is how the system works.

you either comply or are either bought, bullied or banished, your choice.

it's the political version of organized thuggery.

there is no joy here, in muddville, the American Way has, long ago, struck out.

Sadly all these ridiculous ideas floated by politicians are forgotten soon after they are floated by these "public servants". I propose that we "GPS" all these ideas so that we can track where they go & to remember them when it's election time.

For the record the blame for SHES lies at the feet of the secular progressives, I'm not to blame for that one......

Nanny state in action. You voted for them and now don't like what you got. Here's a clue vote for someone else not affiliated with them.

1/18/2013 06:46:00 AM

first someone would have to make it to the ballot, stay on the ballot until the election is held, and over, win the election, actually be sworn in to office, then not be bribed, bullied, or rendered otherwise useless.

and then, there would have to be as many of these mythical 'someones' to outvote the currently deeply entrenched nannies.

So, Eddie you have made yourself one of the richest men in America over the past 40 some years as a part time city employee.You've made countless judges including one to the Illinois Supreme court who just happens to be your wife.The city which you care so deeply about is a national disgrace at every level. Crime, poverty, pension crisis, corruption, unemployment, health care, on and on.And you have the audacity to propose such a truly remarkable useless fucking idea.Way to serve the public, you should be so proud of your hard work.